An architectural canon table consisting of three arches supported by four slender columns. The arches are decorated with red and black geometric patterns. To the right of the canon table is a marginal illustration of a standing figure, likely Christ or a saint, with a halo, gesturing towards a smaller kneeling figure. The text is written in Estrangelo Syriac script, with headings and specific notations in red ink.

A table showing how one may briefly find the cross-references of the Evangelists

of the Evangelist? holy? Matthew?

Matthew


110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130

Luke

Table

Luke


90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110

of the four

completed table

of the four

John


60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80

the table is finished

of the four

These tables are part of the Eusebian Canons. This was a system used in late antiquity and the Middle Ages to show where the same stories appeared in different Gospels. The numbers refer to the Ammonian Sections, which are small numbered divisions of the biblical text. The scribe uses the Abjad system where Syriac letters function as numerals. For example, the letter Qoph (ܩ) equals 100, and Yodh (ܝ) equals 10.